Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne IIIis an American actor, playwright, director and producer, best known for playing Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy, Jason "Furious" Styles in the 1991 drama film Boyz n the Hood and Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 July 1961
CityAugusta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
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She was 12 when we made this movie. She's this little girl as far as I'm concerned. My son just entered Boston University, so now I get the opportunity to spend time with her. I have been making trips once a month to New York and I take her to the theater.
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It's inaccurate to talk about J.J. being a first-time anything. Just because he's telling stories on the little screen doesn't mean he shouldn't be telling stories on the big screen.
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We were hugging each other like we always do.
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I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.
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Hiding a talent is not exclusive to any one particular group of people, young, old, black, white, Latin. It doesn't matter. It's universal. The idea that you have a gift or talent is always kind of threatening. Most of us are afraid of our success, that we will actually be great.
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I have a voice. It's one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid.
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Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.
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I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.
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Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
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You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain.
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I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.
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I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.
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It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.
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I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was like, “Who is this motherf**ker?” Even his work in something as sort of popcorn as “Clash of the Titans,” he brings a kind of danger and reality and he grounds it in such a way that you think, yes, I'm good to work with this guy. I should come back, just stay behind him. (Laughs) Our working relationship has been fantastic.